5 reasons Rangers haven't hit 'top gear' from Ryan Jack factor to the transfer bounce gone missing

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Steven Gerrard 's Rangers. His 50th European outing in charge of the club ended in defeat to Lyon on a night where the Premiership champions were simply beaten by a better side.Afterwards, Gerrard admitted his players had yet to hit top gear and said they'd been dealing with "a number of things".The manager stressed he wasn't seeking excuses but acknowledging some less-than-ideal circumstances in the opening weeks of the campaign.He told BT Sport: "We haven’t hit top gear yet.

I’ll openly admit that - we’re trying to get a settled team and settled squad."We’ve had to deal with a number of things but I don’t want to make excuses.